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My Top Ten Favorite Christmas Movies

Which one makes the top of your list?

Melissa Spencer

Dec 05, 2016

Elizabethtown College

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It's that time of the year again! With the rapid passing of Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, the Christmas season is in full swing. The stockings are being hung, the trees trimmed, and the presents bought and wrapped. The Christmas switch has been flipped on, and everyone is on a mission to find the perfect presents for their loved ones and their families. Christmas isn't just a holiday; it's a tradition.

Christmas has expanded past its one day to at least the whole month between Thanksgiving and December 25. The month is dedicated to getting ready for the big day, waiting for the big guy to come to down the chimney and spread the magic of Christmas. Fortunately, Christmas is the season of giving on top of getting. As the presents and greeting cards are being opened, smiles are passed around. Families are living out the yearly tradition of gathering, giving, smiling, loving, and having fun.

And what better way to spread Christmas cheer than cuddling up on the couch and watching some classic holiday movies?

Although I have grown up watching these movies every single year, they never get old. There's no age limit on timeless classics. So, if you are in a pinch, trying to decide which holiday movie/movies to watch, or the order in which you watch them, here is my personal top ten favorite, ranked in ascending order. And so, the countdown begins!

10. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

"And when Santa squeezes his fat white ass down that chimney tonight, he's gonna find the jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse."

9. A Christmas Story

" I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!"
"No, you'll shoot your eye out."

8. Elf

"You smell like beef and cheese, you don't smell like Santa."

7. Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas

"And what happened, then? Well, in Whoville they say - that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day."

6. Santa Claus is Coming to Town

"Toys are hereby declared illegal, immoral, unlawful AND anyone found with a toy in his possession will be placed under arrest and thrown in the dungeon."

5. The Polar Express

"Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see."

4. A Year Without a Santa Claus

"Friends call me Snow Miser, whatever I touch turns to snow in my clutch. I'm too much."

3. Frosty the Snowman

" Happy birthday!"

2. A Charlie Brown Christmas

"I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love."

1. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

"Hermey doesn't like to make toys! Hermey doesn't like to make toys. Shame on him!"

Of course, these aren't the only Christmas movies I watch during the holiday season. These ten movies just happen to be my favorite. Which ones are yours?

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